Gus Van Sant’s Dead Man’s Wire: Rage at a rigged system
Van Sant has said the story interested him because it echoes today’s anger at corporate greed and financial institutions.
Joanne Laurier•
“We were willing to strike; We should have gotten more”
Who Moves America: The incomplete story of the 2023 struggle at UPS
Though a new documentary captures UPS workers’ significant discontent with the 2023 tentative agreement, it obscures the role of the Teamsters leadership in enabling mass layoffs and deteriorating conditions.
Erik Schreiber•
Crowds flock to DC statue mocking Trump and Epstein in “Titanic” embrace
A gold-painted “King of the World” statue on the National Mall depicts Trump embracing Epstein in Titanic’s bow pose, drawing crowds, mockery and widespread popular hostility toward the oligarchy.
Nick Barrickman•
One Battle After Another wins the top Academy Awards; Javier Bardem shows courage amid a general mood of disquiet, opposition
That One Battle After Another won six Academy Awards is probably the most telling indicator of changes taking place in the artistic world, a complex reflection of important shifts in popular consciousness more broadly.
David Walsh•
Eduardo Parati, Tomas Castanheira•
Stefan Steinberg, Sybille Fuchs•
Sandy English•
Fred Mazelis•
James Clayton•
Say Nothing: Everything essential about the Northern Ireland conflict left unsaid
A serious artistic appraisal of the Troubles, and serious attempts to understand their effect at a personal level, would have to begin from a historical and political understanding both of British imperialism and the limitations of bourgeois nationalism.
Paul Bond•
The Pitt Season 2 and the challenges facing a serious television drama
The second season of The Pitt is being aired in the midst of historical events that have thrust healthcare workers into the spotlight in an unprecedented manner.
Isabel Roy•
Squid Game 3: Ending not with a bang, but a bleak (and lucrative) whimper
With its explosive entry into social consciousness looking ever smaller in the rearview mirror, Squid Game’s third season sets out to close its story saga while seeding potential for a financially lucrative successor.
Luke Galvin•
Trump denounces actor-director Rob Reiner as “very bad for our country” following tragic killings
Reiner has been a household name in the US since his days on the immensely popular situation comedy "All in the Family" in the 1970s.
David Walsh•
Marc Wells•
Jean Shaoul•
Eduardo Parati, Guilherme Ferreira•
David Walsh•
David Walsh•
Gus Van Sant’s Dead Man’s Wire: Rage at a rigged system
Van Sant has said the story interested him because it echoes today’s anger at corporate greed and financial institutions.
Joanne Laurier•
The Secret Agent–the dictatorship as an “open wound in Brazilian life”
The portrait of a ruling class marked by an absolute contempt for collective interests, culture, and human life is the strongest and most universal aspect of Mendonça’s film.
Eduardo Parati, Tomas Castanheira•
The 76th Berlin International Film Festival—Part 4
Blind in the right eye – Prosecution – and a documentary about German dramatist Einar Schleef
In an interview, the film’s young director correctly noted: “We can’t really understand the German judicial system without taking its Nazi past into account."
Stefan Steinberg•
The 76th Berlin International Film Festival—Part 3
A warning against dictatorship: Berlinale’s main prize winner Yellow Letters—and more government censorship at the festival
The German-Turkish-French co-production Yellow Letters by Ilker Çatak is a powerful warning against the threat of censorship and state oppression, including in Germany and other countries.
Bernd Reinhardt•
Stefan Steinberg•
Verena Nees•
David Walsh•
Fred Mazelis•
David Walsh•
Brit awards and Baftas: Criticising genocide and the rise of the far-right and being censored for it
Viewers complained at the censorship on social media, with one commenting, “I’ve never known the Brits bleep out so much stuff.”
Paul Bond•
The 50th anniversary remaster of Tales from Topographic Oceans by progressive rock band Yes
A remastered and much improved reissue of the controversial sixth studio album by the British progressive rock band Yes, Tales from Topographic Oceans, has been released as a 50th anniversary super deluxe edition.
Kevin Reed•
Lucinda Williams’ World’s Gone Wrong: An urgent protest against the fascist danger
Formally, it could be described as a blues-rock album, but it is more importantly a call to fight against the fascist regime emerging in the US. This is a welcome development among popular musicians.
Matthew Brennan•
Puerto Rican rapper Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show highlights mass opposition to Trump
Bad Bunny’s record‑breaking Super Bowl halftime show evoked colonial and immigrant struggles and indirectly rebuked the Trump administration’s xenophobic, anti‑immigrant agenda.
Nick Barrickman•
Kevin Reed•
Barry Grey•
Nick Barrickman•
David Walsh•
Ed Hightower•
Say Nothing: Everything essential about the Northern Ireland conflict left unsaid
A serious artistic appraisal of the Troubles, and serious attempts to understand their effect at a personal level, would have to begin from a historical and political understanding both of British imperialism and the limitations of bourgeois nationalism.
Paul Bond•
The Artamonov Business (1925): Maxim Gorky and the Russian Revolution
Gorky’s novel, chronicling the vast social changes and processes that led to the 1917 October Revolution, deserves the widest possible rediscovery and recognition today, a century after being published.
Owen Howell•
An important book on fascism and World War II
Jochen Hellbeck’s “World Enemy Number 1, Nazi Germany, Soviet Russia, and the Fate of the Jews”
With great empathy for the Soviet people, the German-American historian Jochen Hellbeck deliberately opposes the efforts to minimize the crimes of Nazism and the decisive contribution of the Red Army and the Soviet people to the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II. Central to Hellbeck’s analysis is the link between Nazi anti-Semitism and anti-Communism.
Stefan Steinberg, Clara Weiss•
National Book Award winner The True True Story of Raja the Gullible (and His Mother)
The novel takes place in Beirut between 1960 and 2023, its story divided non-chronologically into seven sections.
James McDonald•
Eric London •
David Walsh, Sandy English•
Fred Mazelis•
Jean Shaoul•
James McDonald•
Film director Prasanna Vithanage discusses Paradise with the WSWS
The mass anti-government agitation in Sri Lanka “was the result of real class differences in our society, the divisions between the haves and the have nots” – Prasanna Vithanage
Richard Phillips•
Interview with Hany Abu-Assad, Palestinian filmmaker (Paradise Now, Omar): “Gaza is the Bastille of our day … a lot is going to change”
One of his most accomplished works is Omar, a 2013 film about a young Palestinian baker (Adam Bakri) who becomes involved in complex political and moral matters.
David Walsh•
Sri Lankan filmmaker Prasanna Vithanage denounces Israeli genocide in Gaza
“I strongly denounce state-sponsored witch-hunt and prosecution against artists and activists who have come forward against Israel’s genocide.”
Wasantha Rupasinghe•
Roger Stahl discusses Theaters of War: How the Pentagon and CIA Took Hollywood with WSWS
Department of Defense interventions into American entertainment media is to “get people acclimated to the presence of military personnel, military bases, military operations, and weapons… normalizing the presence of the military in almost every aspect of life.”
Richard Phillips•
David Walsh•
David Walsh•
Vimukthi Vidarshana and Shree Haran•
Richard Phillips•
David Walsh•
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